Re: Nagoya Basho Banzuke

[abe@kaleida.com (Masumi Abe)]

This new banzuke clearly shows that Sumo Kyokai does not care or consider
the quality of matches. They mechanically moved the rikishi based on solely
their win-loss records. Winning over maegashira 1-maime and maegashira
15-maime are no difference or significance for them.

I hope someday Sumo Kyokai adopt our formula as a guidance for promotion
and demotion. It is clearly better and fairer than current system used by
Sumo Kyokai (IMHO).

In current system, if you start winning big in lower rank, you will, in a
sense, be punished by facing higher rank rikishi. Also, if you start
losing, you will get easier opponents. With our system, if a rikishi start
winning, they will also face the supposedly tougher opponents, but it will
be advantagious for the lower ranked rikishi, because if he wins he will
gain more point, and even if he lose, he will lose less than against the
lower ranked rikishi. Our system makes each sumo match more exciting to
see, because they want to win much more than they are now.

-Masumi

>Here's the list for the upcoming basho which begins July 3rd.  I'll be
>on my way back from Fukushima that day, so won't be able to post the
>first day results until Monday the 4th.  Chotto gaman shite kudasai.
>
>        East:                           West:
>        -----                           -----
> 
>Y       Akebono         (10-2, 2Y)
>O       Takanohana      (14-1, Yusho)   Musashimaru     (12-3)
>O       Takanonami      (9-6)           Wakanohana      (15Y, Kosho)
>S       Kotonishiki     (9-6)           Musoyama        (9-6)
>K       Kaio            (8-7)           Terao           (8-7)
>K                                       Takatoriki      (W1, 9-6)
> 
>1       Tochinowaka     (W7, 8-7)       Oginishiki      (E1, 7-8)
>2       Hamanoshima     (E8, 8-7)       Tomonohana      (W8, 8-7)
>3       Kasugafuji      (E9, 8-7)       Kyokudozan      (W9, 8-7)
>4       Mainoumi        (E12, 9-6)      Kotofuji        (W12, 9-6)
>5       Daizen          (W4, 7-8)       Asanowaka       (E11, 8-7)
>6       Kirishima       (W11, 8-7)      Misugisato      (E4, 6-9)
>7       Kotonowaka      (W3, 5-10)      Daishoho        (W14, 9-6)
>8       Kitakachidoki   (W5, 6-9)       Kiraiho         (E7, 7-8)
>9       Minatofuji      (E15, 9-6)      Higonoumi       (E2, 4-11)
>10      Kotoinazuma     (E13, 8-7)      Kenko           (W2, 4-11)
>11      Kotobeppu       (E6, 6-9)       Kotogaume       (W13, 8-7)
>12      Konishiki       (E5, 5-10)      Takamisugi      (W10, 7-8)
>13      Mitoizumi       (E14, 8-7)      Tokitsunada     (W6, 5-10)
>14      Akinoshima      (E3, 3-12)      Oginohana       (J3, 12-3)
>15      Daishi          (J1, 8-7)       Kushimaumi      (J2, 8-7)
>
>
>There are some great leaps up by rikishi with 8-7 records again, as the
>upper Maegashira took a bad beating in the Natsu Basho.  Daishi comes in
>as the only shin-nyuu-makuuchi rikishi in Nagoya.  Welcome back to the
>veterans Oginohana and Kushimaumi!
>
>WRT Wakanohana's status, he is listed as Koushou in the banzuke, so he
>won't be actually kadoban, I guess.  Down in the article, though, he is
>mentioned as "kadoban wo mukaeru," which seems to indicate that he may
>be kadoban.  It was rather unclear to me.  
>
>Akebono is questionable still.  Film at 11:00 on the Yokozuna.
>
>The 2nd Electronic Hoshitori announcement will be out soon!!
>
>Mata nee....
> 
>David
>riley@hachi.hi-tech.ac.jp

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